Baseball Preview: Academy for Academic Excellence Knights vs. Lucerne Valley Mustangs
After four games on the road, Academy for Academic Excellence is heading back home. They will take on the Lucerne Valley Mustangs at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Academy for Academic Excellence is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, everything went Academy for Academic Excellence's way against Lucerne Valley as Academy for Academic Excellence made off with a 19-3 victory.
Aiden Carmona made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Carmona has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Carmona was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Keegan Layton and Liam McCarty did most of the damage at the plate: Layton scored four runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while McCarty scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Garrett Morrison, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Academy for Academic Excellence is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-9 record this season. As for Lucerne Valley, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-12.
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